South Africa’s wicketkeeper-batsman Quinton de Kock made a spectacular appearance at the Newlands Stadium in Cape Town in the third and final match of the three-match ODI series against India (India vs South Africa 3rd ODI). Hit a century
Despite the fall of his team’s early wickets, he batted with gusto and kept the pace of scoring runs intact. Significantly, Quinton de Kock became the second batsman to score the most centuries in ODI cricket against India and in the case of scoring the most centuries against India, the world’s greatest batsman AB de Villiers. Equally reached.
De Villiers lags behind in the case of most centuries against India
This was Quinton de Kock’s sixth century in ODI cricket against India. With this century, de Kock has been sitting on top with AB de Villiers in terms of scoring the most centuries against Team India. Now they have reached the first position. The history of international one-day cricket shows that de Kock has become the second batsman to score the most ODI centuries against India. Next to him is now only Sri Lanka’s great batsman Sanath Jayasuriya, who scored 7 centuries against India.
Batsmen with most centuries against India
- 7 centuries: Sanath Jayasuriya (85 inngs)
- 6 centuries: Quinton de Kock (16 inngs)
- 6 Centuries: AB de Villiers (32 inngs)
- 6 centuries: Ricky Ponting (59 inngs)
- 6 centuries: Kumar Sangakkara (71 inngs)
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6 international ODI centuries against a team in the shortest innings
- 16 innings: Quinton de Kock vs India
- 23 innings: Virender Sehwag vs New Zealand
- 23 innings: Aaron Finch vs England
- 26 innings: Saeed Anwar vs Sri Lanka
ODI century from wicketkeeper’s bat
- 23 Centuries: Kumar Sangakkara
- 17* century: Quinton de Kock
- 16 centuries: Adam GilchristGilchrist
Quinton de Kock against India in the latest series
South African wicketkeeper-batsman Quinton de Kock scored a total of 229 runs in the three-match ODI series played against India. He scored 27 runs in the first match, 78 runs in the first match and 124 runs in the third and last match. De Kock is in excellent form. And, this form of his will be the best according to the mega auction of IPL and the new season.